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Vocab Chatper 6
Term | Definition |
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Chinese Exclusion Act. | Passed by Congress in 1982. Barred Chinese immigration for 10 years and prevented the Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens. |
Nativism | an extreme dislike of immigrants by native born people |
Skyscrapers | tall, steel frame buildings that soon began to appear. the first one was Chicago's ten story Home Insurance building, built in 1885. |
Jacob Riis | Danish-born Journalist in 1890 that a map of New York City, "Colored to designate nationalities, would show more stripes than on the skin of a zebra." |
Graft | the acquisition of money in dishonest ways as in bribing a politician. |
Steerage | the cheapest accommodations on a steamship. |
Tenements | |
Tammany Hall | |
William "Boss" Tweed | |
Angel Island | Where California opened a barracks in January of 1910 for Asian Immigrants. |